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SCC0176VA

Awarded United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer Suffolk County Council

€34,996 awarded value

Key facts

Awarded
decided 1 day after the deadline
Procedure
Restricted procedure Two steps: companies first ask to take part, and only those selected are invited to bid. Full entry
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Awarded to

Capella Associates Ltd

Awarded value
€34,996
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register

Summary

Machine-generated summary

Suffolk County Council has awarded a contract for apprenticeship training services to Capella Associates Ltd. The award was made through the YPO public sector framework. Learning providers submitted bids, which were filtered against the Council's service requirements and evaluated on quality of provision, value for money and alignment with learner needs. The winning provider showed the best overall fit for delivering apprenticeship training under the Council's early careers strategy. The awarded value is EUR 34,995.63, which is the same as the estimated value within 1%. The award date is 2026-08-17 and the deadline for bids was 2026-08-16.

Timing

  1. Deadline
  2. Awarded decided in 1 day
  3. Published

Description

Suffolk County Council has awarded apprenticeship training services to Capella Associates Ltd through established public sector frameworks, specifically the YPO framework. Learning providers submitted bids which were filtered based on the Council's service requirements. These bids were then evaluated against pre-defined criteria including quality of provision, value for money, and alignment with learner needs. The successful provider demonstrated the best overall fit for delivering apprenticeship training to support the Council's early careers strategy.

Official source

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Last verified against Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) 2 months ago

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Market

Education & training in United Kingdom

this buyer's median award in this sector
€93,487
tenders per lot in this buyer's awards
9.8
More figures

What this buyer has paid before

Based on 9 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This award
€34,996
Median award
€93,487
Middle half of past awards
€35,702 to €107,107

The award is smaller than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Education & training
1,269
median open notice
€268,366

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
426
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
6%
buyers awarded contracts here
149

Based on 617 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Suffolk County Council

notices in the register
146
awards
133
awarded in total
€12.7M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
81
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
18%
of its calls state an estimated value
54%

Based on 130 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
9.8
of those lots received a single tender
0%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
0%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Suffolk County Council

United Kingdom

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